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Hi guys , so I am thinking of getting into the LEGO hobby again anyone on this forum building or collecting?? couple of questions

1. Where do you guys buy from in the CT area / or online will also be fine , i checked and amazon dont ship lego to SA
2. Any ideas what set to get first and what is a fun set to start with , im think of starting off with lego star wars

I have found this site http://www.kiddiwinks.co.za/ and they look cool and they have a shop in CT , have anyone baught from them and how is the experiance ?

thanks guys ,
PS
Cound lot find a lego thread , mabee we can keep this one and update it with projects and pics??
 
Takealot sells LEGO.

Have you seen Buckyballs... really fun to play with.
 
Kiddiwinks is the best I've heard from Lego heads. USA legislation prohibits the export of toys (tried many times to buy toys from Amazon) but you can buy via Takealot.
 
Ok well kiddiwinks it is than , ill put in an order and let you guys know how it goes !!! so there is seriosly no lego guys on the forum ?
 
Kiddiwinks is pretty good, when they do have the sets, they tended to be a bit cheaper than takealot.
 
Eish, I just fell into this about a month ago. Have 4000 pieces now. Most i got from a second hand sale . A mother was clearing out her sons old toys and I snapped up the sale :) I have bought a few more sets over the past few weeks, but dam, they are expensive.
 
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I've usually bought from Toy Kingdom. Everything I compared was cheaper than Kiddiwinks, but it always pays to check before buying. I'd not bother with the kits to build a specific model and rather buy boxes of blocks.

cbrunsdonza said:
Kiddiwinks is the best I've heard from Lego heads. USA legislation prohibits the export of toys (tried many times to buy toys from Amazon) but you can buy via Takealot.
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A new law? I've had no issues buying toys from the US.
 
noxibox said:
...A new law? I've had no issues buying toys from the US.
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No, a very old legislation.

When you do a checkout on Amazon US they tell you that restrictions prohibits them sending to outside of the United States. I would understand if it where for electronics or software, but not for toys. There have been so many cool toys my kids have wanted that I could not get from Amazon due to this.
 
cbrunsdonza said:
No, a very old legislation.

When you do a checkout on Amazon US they tell you that restrictions prohibits them sending to outside of the United States. I would understand if it where for electronics or software, but not for toys. There have been so many cool toys my kids have wanted that I could not get from Amazon due to this.
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Those would be restrictions put in place by the manufacturer or distributor. Unless of course Amazon cited the law in question.
 
I still collect lego if theres something I like. the last one was my 1200 piece space shuttle which looks so realistic and took me 7 hours to build and was only R1200 from my indian save store.
 
I still collect it.

I love the technic stuff :D

I have a massive truck crane, will post pictures later :D
 
Anybody got Mindstorm?

I would love to get this for myself and my son. He is three now, but if I play with him he will start understanding the concepts..
 
cbrunsdonza said:
Kiddiwinks is the best I've heard from Lego heads. USA legislation prohibits the export of toys (tried many times to buy toys from Amazon) but you can buy via Takealot.
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Its not legislation, it's Amazon company policy. Apparently they decided the losses they suffered due goods getting stolen where not worth it.

I don't think it's all countries either. I buy from Amazon often. But then the website is .co.uk site.
 
Madman88 said:
Anybody got Mindstorm?

I would love to get this for myself and my son. He is three now, but if I play with him he will start understanding the concepts..
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I have the old version, it rocks! Built some really cool stuff.

Then I went to varsity and haven't had time to play with it again :(

Although at 3 years old, I'm pretty sure its more for you than for him! :D
 
zippy said:
Its not legislation, it's Amazon company policy. Apparently they decided the losses they suffered due goods getting stolen where not worth it.

I don't think it's all countries either. I buy from Amazon often. But then the website is .co.uk site.
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Its got nothing to do with South Africa, they do not ship outside North America on certain items - its the same as when you try and order a lighted Kindle 4 Cover from Amazon.us, you need to do it from Amazon.uk. This is when trying to buy a Kindle 4 which they do ship with DHL and then adding in the lighted cover.

This happened end of last month so nothing new. Its just my biggest frustration with Amazon since I started using them 8years ago.
 
Madman88 said:
Anybody got Mindstorm?

I would love to get this for myself and my son. He is three now, but if I play with him he will start understanding the concepts..
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I've got a Mindstorm - really awesome but in 3-4yrs I've only used a few times. Do not get it when your kids are too young (my mistake) as you do not want of your lego pieces going AWOL.

But its the best one for kids if they love to discover. They even use them at 3 of our local public primary schools to teach Grade 7s robotics and the kids take part in the Lego League.

My son is now 5 and hoefully he is old enough to start using my mindstorm (with supervision). My son also is only now discovering Legos and I'm amazed with what he is coming up with. But I always say each child is an individual so decide for yourself when your kid is ready.
 
Speaking about lego.... friends of ours gave me their old Lego.... like a whole 10k worth of it :love:
Whoever said men love toys had it right :p
Just a pity there's no time to play with said lego :o
 
hawker said:
I have the old version, it rocks! Built some really cool stuff.

Then I went to varsity and haven't had time to play with it again :(

Although at 3 years old, I'm pretty sure its more for you than for him! :D
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cbrunsdonza said:
I've got a Mindstorm - really awesome but in 3-4yrs I've only used a few times. Do not get it when your kids are too young (my mistake) as you do not want of your lego pieces going AWOL.

But its the best one for kids if they love to discover. They even use them at 3 of our local public primary schools to teach Grade 7s robotics and the kids take part in the Lego League.

My son is now 5 and hoefully he is old enough to start using my mindstorm (with supervision). My son also is only now discovering Legos and I'm amazed with what he is coming up with. But I always say each child is an individual so decide for yourself when your kid is ready.
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Yea it would be primarily for me :D

But, noted I will wait for a year or two before [-]I buy it[/-] I let him play with it..
 
froot said:
Speaking about lego.... friends of ours gave me their old Lego.... like a whole 10k worth of it :love:
Whoever said men love toys had it right :p
Just a pity there's no time to play with said lego :o
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Want too sell it??? or give it away ?
 
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